I guess I really don't understand this process. It seems to me that if homes in the metro area are selling for 1/3 of what they sold for 5 years ago, then the Owner has got to lower her expectations. If other owners are convincing her to sell for more to maintain their values, then they should buy the team from her. At this point, her stubbornness just pisses me off.

I say more power to her if she thinks she can wait and get a better deal. She should be trying to get all the money she can. Now as a fan, I wish she would sell already. But I don't have any problem with the business decision to wait if she really has a chance of getting more. And I don't think losing a game to the Cavs actually lowers the value of the team, even though it does from a fan perspective.

That game last night showed the value of a committed ownership. The Cavs were able to make some moves since the last time these guys played.

I never felt like the Pistons were going to win this one in the 4th. I felt like they had a much better chance against the Heat.

I like Baron Davis.

As bad as it was to lose this game at least we don't have to suffer through guys who don't play hard and flip switches etc. These guys (and their 30% winning percentage) leave it all out on the floor which is all I ever wanted.

Austin Daye, who had 12 points, seven rebounds and three assists, said the ease of that Feb. 9 victory led the Pistons to a false sense of security that obviously backfired. The Pistons' last road win was that night, and they've lost their last eight away from The Palace.

"It was an unfortunate effort from all of us," said Daye, who played 28 minutes and scored all 12 points in the second quarter. "We took it for granted."

I'm shocked that Daye would even admit to that line of thinking against the CAVS, with the shape the team is in. Maybe Simon Cowell can be an assistant coach for the remainder of the year...It would certainly help the press conferences.

I say more power to her if she thinks she can wait and get a better deal. She should be trying to get all the money she can. Now as a fan, I wish she would sell already. But I don't have any problem with the business decision to wait if she really has a chance of getting more. And I don't think losing a game to the Cavs actually lowers the value of the team, even though it does from a fan perspective.

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I have a problem with it. Her thinking she can get a better price and the reality of the price she's likely to sell for are two totally different things. At the end of the day she's handcuffing/ruining the team and wasting everyone elses time and money in the process. I understand she needs to cash in while she can, but you can't bank on the fact that potential buyers with that kind of capital are suddenly going to turn into financial lunatics and pay for the privilege of purchasing your team.

I have a problem with it. Her thinking she can get a better price and the reality of the price she's likely to sell for are two totally different things. At the end of the day she's handcuffing/ruining the team and wasting everyone elses time and money in the process. I understand she needs to cash in while she can, but you can't bank on the fact that potential buyers with that kind of capital are suddenly going to turn into financial lunatics and pay for the privilege of purchasing your team.

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No doubt the wisdom of her business dealings can be called into question, but without any experience in buying/owning/selling complicated and high-value businesses like sports teams or any inside info on what is really happening, it's hard for me to try to second-guess her from a business perspective. However, I agree that from a fan perspective, it's ruining the season and foiling what good opportunities we've had to improve the team.

I just don't think she should feel obligated to sell to make the fans happy. She should consider the fans if she's interested in making money off of us, but if she has good reasons to wait, I've got nothing to say.

Do we have any evidence that the lingering sale of the team is tying Joe's hands? As far as I can tell, it is just speculation mixed with a former employee's speculation.

The real problem right now isn't that Joe can't make moves, it is that he's already made moves that suck and he may not have the green light to increase payroll in order to fix them. I doubt he's going to be forced to trade our draft picks for cash... but if he is, then I'll believe that he's in an impossible spot.

KD is probably thinking, "he'll make it worse and will leave me with a higher payroll."

If Joe's hands are truly tied, then he should resign. What kind of self respecting GM lets his trackrecord get dragged through the mud for an owner's widow that will have nothing to do with him after the sale?

When the new owner walks in the door is he planning on blaming everything on KD? That's not gonna fly.

So as the lead was slipping away you thought that group gave us the best chance??

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The bench has been the Pistons strong point this season (if there was one). Who would have thought they would have stunk it up that badly. The starters cannot play the entire half. Of course, hindsight is 20/20. Whenever you second-guess a substitution (or lack of one), it's impossible to tell if the move (or non-move) you had in mind would have worked better, the same, or even worse than what actually happened.

The bench has been the Pistons strong point this season (if there was one). Who would have thought they would have stunk it up that badly. The starters cannot play the entire half. Of course, hindsight is 20/20. Whenever you second-guess a substitution (or lack of one), it's impossible to tell if the move (or non-move) you had in mind would have worked better, the same, or even worse than what actually happened.

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If I were you, I would have responded to Double D with a much wittier and insightful post. Just sayin...